tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552468.post5125750032021775374..comments2024-01-08T17:06:27.237-05:00Comments on Cheekyness: Making my life betterSuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11862479925124552922noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552468.post-34193168056735716092007-06-13T14:53:00.000-04:002007-06-13T14:53:00.000-04:00Hey sounds like a good plan to me. :)Hey sounds like a good plan to me. :)Karhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16165574435991354558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552468.post-86544786884723388512007-05-31T22:17:00.000-04:002007-05-31T22:17:00.000-04:00I am really struggling with ideas to keep my child...I am really struggling with ideas to keep my children in reality, without them getting too sucked into the "must have" lifestyle. It's easy enough (relatively, anyway) to throw out the TV, homeschool them, and rarely let them see the world outside-- and then they leave our protection totally unable to cope with the world around them. But I don't want them to buy into the "But Mum, everybody has one and I'll be so left out etc. etc." outlook, either.<BR/><BR/>So, I'm thinking: mission field. :)Suhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11862479925124552922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552468.post-78030099042016098342007-05-28T18:47:00.000-04:002007-05-28T18:47:00.000-04:00I guess I believe in moderation and balance in mos...I guess I believe in moderation and balance in most things. Having is not wrong, but not giving to those in need or worshiping our stuff is, you know? <BR/><BR/>I do think our culture is very likely drunk on having, though. It seems like the advertising tries to target either how "you MUST have this!" or "oh no! you're going to DIE if you don't have this!" The medications commercials especially seem to imply it's <I>wrong</I> and <I>not normal</I> for you to have to suffer with this. Those make me wonder what they would think if they ever had to set foot in a poorer country where things aren't so available.Karhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16165574435991354558noreply@blogger.com